Just a little break to show status report as we reach 50% of countries selected on Music from All Countries. Several friends have been asking if we will have Brazil on our celebration. The answer is YES. Caetano is working on that and there is a whole day dedicated to Brazil. I don't have idea on Caetano's plans, but they should be truly amazing, as always.
Thanks, zecalouro
This is United Kingdom time, the country that took position number 6 on last year Loronix visitor statistics. Caetano has repared something very unique and different for UK and I need to change the structure I use to present music at Loronix. W have a compilation this time, blending on a single album 3 others released by UK artists on top of Bossa Nova. Let's see the first.
Here we go on second part Caetano's compilation for UK showing Victor Feldman and 4 selected tracks from his album Victor Feldman - A Taste of Honey and a Taste of Bossa Nova. The cover artwork worth the selection and the music complements nicely. It is amazing that A Taste of Honey and a Taste of Bossa Nova is not listed on major music websites; perhaps this album did not have a CD reissue. they could make it, this music is gorgeous, Caetano's selection will show it.
Closing our UK compilation we go with 3 selections from George Shearing - Shearing Bossa Nova Roy Bradley Quintet. George Shearing has a strong Jazz tradition being leader of one of the most popular Jazz groups in the world, the George Shearing Quintet. Caetano's selection demonstrates what we have on this album, nice instrumental themes on top of Bossa Nova with large space for individual performances. Thanks Caetano for this wonderful gift to UK.-image023.jpg)
We cannot mention UK without showing this masterpiece, Manfredo Fest Trio as Sambeatles, playing Beatles with Samba Jazz groove. Fascinating, even if you are not a Beatles fan. This is a repost and it is one of the first albums made available at Loronix. Perhaps nobody had the chance to see it at archives, so this is the chance that you cannot miss. Tracks include:
I'm a huge fan of The Beatles, I said it before, not once, but many times, that's why UK picture is the legendary Abbey Road cover artwork. UK participation at Loronix was really solid with 173 cities getting in touch with Loronix last year. London takes the lead with 37% of visits, followed by Brentford, Manchester and Birmingham.-image025.jpg)
Hello! Good Evening! Spain starts the second day of Music from All Countries at Loronix. I'm really proud of this initiative. The feedback received from other websites, emails and word of mouth during this Wednesday was really positive. It is a chance to feedback the great response given by Loronixers to our community and also identifies wonderful and hidden music available everywhere and also makes Loronix stronger and better.
When I was looking for a nice image from Spain, I found this one and I could not resist selecting it for our tribute. We have a very similar construction in Rio de Janeiro that was used with the same purpose, water transportation. Spain has a surprisingly strong participation at Loronix, perhaps my friend Zamurozien - Loronixer since day one - and the mighty Mr. B from The Sounds of the 70's are making a nice job promoting Loronix there.-image027.jpg)
Italy is the closing country of Loronix Music from All Countries first day. That's why we need to make it stronger and solid, featuring two albums, both very requested by our community. The first one is provided by Caetano Rodrigues and a mandatory repost (now with CD quality), the collaboration between Vinicius de Moraes and Toquinho with the legendary Italian singer Ornela Vanoni. The second is the requested album recorded in 1970 by Chico Buarque de Holanda and Enio Morricone. Let's check both.-image028.jpg)
The second Italian album is long time request from Loronixers and shows Chico Buarque de Hollanda collaboration with Enio Morricone, which is the most famous film composer of the 20th century and also the artist that probably has the biggest number of compositions written. Chico Buarque sings in Italian on this 1970 album released by RCA Victor. Tracks include:
Loronix friends from Italy are different from the other countries; they are not concentrated on a given city, but almost equally distributed on 56 cities. Milan (23%) and Rome (13%) are the cities that gave us more visits last year. I think Italy has several nice Brazilian music treasures to reveal. We had recently a music video with Dorival Caymmi and Joao Gilberto recorded in Rome and I have just received a last minute contribution of another Italian singer called Mina with the album Mina in Brasil.-image032.jpg)
It was really a treat listening this album and also a little bit confusing. The main performer is Nick Ayoub, but at a first sight, it seems we have a record made by a duo, Rosita and Deno. The story is delicious and is all about a promotion, everyone who bought this album could take the back cover to one of Rosita and Deno dancing schools and claim 2 free Bossa Nova lessons. Fascinating. Buy the album, hear the music and get 2 free dancing classes with Rosita & Deno.
Canada is the country number 10 in terms of visitors sent to Loronix last year. Most of Canadian users came from Toronto and Montreal, sharing together more than 50% of visits. It is fantastic to see that more than one hundred Canadian cities had been at Loronix.Hello, Good Evening! We are starting Loronix celebration to 1M hits. Music from All Countries. In the next days we will be in touch with music from the ten countries that sent most visitors to Loronix, music selected by the mighty Caetano Rodrigues that once again put all his passion, heart and resources in the benefit of our community and Loronixers.
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This is a contribution of a great enthusiast of the music from Brazil, a great enthusiast of Loronix and a very good friend of zecalouro, the legendary bossanovadreamer, one of the first bloggers who created and maintained a blog dedicated to Bossa Nova at blogspot.com. bossanovadreamer dedicated this post to so many people that I will not list them here, I will just dedicate to Loronixers, which is everybody who stay connected with our community. Thanks bossanovadreamer, the effort you put on Brazilian music cause has no parallel.-image006.jpg)
I have been thinking about making this post for a long time, but it has been postponed due an issue. I decided today to show it to Loronixers. It was silly of mine to keep it here; the best way to get help is addressing the great Loronix community. Perhaps a easy question, Os 7 Velhinhos, Os Velhinhos Sensacionais and Os Velhinhos Transviados the same group? Anyway, while the answer does not come it is better to show you Os 7 Velhinhos.